Comments on: Daisuke Matsuzaka appears to be the Mets’ fifth starterhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/daisuke-matsuzaka-appears-to-be-the-mets-fifth-starter/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Fri, 18 Aug 2017 03:19:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: bolweevils2http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/daisuke-matsuzaka-appears-to-be-the-mets-fifth-starter/#comment-674250
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:03:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-674250I imagine it’s just a matter of keeping your options open. If the go with Dice-K they can send Mejia down until the inevitable SP injury occurs. If they went with Mejia, Dice-K would be gone somewhere else and couldn’t be used as depth in case of injury.

I’d be pretty surprised if Mejia doesn’t get the chance to start 15-20 major league games as long as he pitches well enough to keep getting sent out there.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:13:58 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673369I envy You man, I always wanted to go to Baseball Stadium in Real Life. Have a Nice time with your Dad there. 🙂
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:05:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673367I’m taking my Dad to a Mets game on May 10th…knowing my luck, Dice-K will pitch.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:00:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673365Hehe You tell me.. All Of Japan probably felt the same thing as them seeing one of their best player in their league to GET bombed that hard there in the States.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:56:13 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673364I’m pretty Sure the Title “The 5th Starter” for the Mets wont last that long though, The Reason They’ve done this was probably to have Noah Syndergaard work out a bit more at the minor leagues and after he’s done that DICE-K will be probably the odd man out.
]]>By: zzalapskihttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/daisuke-matsuzaka-appears-to-be-the-mets-fifth-starter/#comment-673362
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:54:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673362“He’s done it before and he’s done it a lot.”

This also applies to Tom Seaver, and he’s probably a better pitcher than Dice-K, even today.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:50:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673360The Mets must be desperate, Any Red Sox fan will tell you this turkey is painful to watch,
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:43:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673351Yeah sure, signing Matsuzaka and Colon were the moves of a visionary, plain and simple. Also ingenious – allowing Matt Harvey to rehabilitate his arm with the team instead of sending him to Port St. Lucie.

Jenrry Mejia is roughly one hundred times better than Matsuzaka, and if he got optioned to AAA he would be starting games and approaching his innings limit in games that don’t count. All this to fight his Super Two status? And as a Mets fan you would be ok with this? I guess you don’t mind being a loser. It’s not for everyone, but good on ya.

]]>By: rje49http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/daisuke-matsuzaka-appears-to-be-the-mets-fifth-starter/#comment-673344
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:22:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673344When Dice-K goes start after start with 110 pitches barely making 5 innings with half the batters going to full count, you won’t be calling them solid innings.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:19:19 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673343Whoever said “There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues” has never been to a Klan rally.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:15:56 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673342It’s like they’re inviting the Dice-BB jokes when he struggles.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:06:56 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673340Guess I should have commented at an “Atlanta Braves” page… Sorry Mets fans couldn’t help it.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:05:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=515276#comment-673339I like this move. Professional veteran guy who will provide some solid innings (maybe even build up some trade value), while allowing the organization to control Mejia’s costs for another year.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, despite all the snarky garbage you’ll hear about it just to appease the lolMets narrative. I’m glad Dice-K is in New York getting another shot at prolonging his career, good humble hardworking guy. Let’s go Dice-K!